Commentaries
We have moved The Situated UPE Collective’s website! As of 2017, all new Commentaries are posted there!
The list of posts below are the Situated UPE Commentaries between 2014-2017 (these can also be found on the new website, so please link and tweet these from the new website):
Bruce Baigrie and Henrik Ernstson have just published a critique of “eco-estates” in GroundUp (online Read more
German Quimbayo Ruiz reports on efforts to develop a Situated UPE approach in Latin America. His co-authored Read more
Kathleen Stokes reflects on waste management and political ecology in Cape Town. Kathleen is a PhD Read more
The Urban Action Lab (UAL) at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda has launched their website. Read more
A couple of weeks back STOMPIE was screened on 25 Feb 2016 as a work-in-progress on Read more
Check out a 5 minute ‘teaser’ of the film “1 Table 2 Elephants” that we Read more
Kibera in Nairobi: Bukonola (Bukky) Ngobi and Joe Mulligan from Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) gives the background Read more
Ahead of an exhibition celebrating the Kampala neighbourhood, Namuwongo, Joel Ongwec showcases the contribution this Read more
EDGES – or Environment and Development: Gender Equity and Sustainability – is a research collaborative Read more
We have had thousands of views on our SUPE ‘Commentaries’ webspace during 2014. The contributions have been Read more
Swedish filmer Jacob von Heland and Henrik Ernstson report on their film project in Cape Town that deals with knowledge and Read more
As cities become increasingly significant to development and environmental crises at multiple scales, there is Read more
Designer Martín Ávila reports on his project Tactical Symbiotics. It suggests designs and uses speculative philosophy to Read more
Wangui Kimari thinks across Kenya and Brazil’s experience of raids Lately a lot of people Read more
Erin Goodling takes us to Portland and helps us think through how a situated urban Read more
Anna Zimmer gives a reflection on a recent workshop organised by Anne Rademacher & K. Read more
Jonathan Silver reflects on the recent water shut offs in Detroit A police car moves Read more
Jonathan Silver ponders the meaning of Smart cities across urban Africa. The recent announcement by IBM establishing Read more
Marnie Graham reflects with her supervisors on being a co-tutelle PhD student at Stockholm and Macquarie Universities, Read more
In this commentary Anna Zimmer presents her ongoing research project with Natasha Cornea and René Véron Read more
Anthony Levenda reflects sensitively on how Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Urban Political Ecology Read more
Henrik Ernstson reflects on the difference between “pluralizing” and “provincializing” urban political ecology. In prompting Read more
Two top geographic journals have posted links to their articles dealing with South Africa—before and Read more
In this commentary Sophie Schramm explains her new research with Jochen Monstadt on the infrastructural Read more
Jonathan Silver argues that carbon financing for cities is flawed and is failing to support Read more
James Evans focuses on boda-boda motorcycle taxis in Uganda to ask how current thinking in Read more
The first time I realised there was something funny going on was when we were Read more
During November Jonathan Silver will be undertaking new research as part of his role in Read more
Mary Lawhon teaches urban geography at University of Pretoria. In this first of a mini-series Read more
Henrik Ernstson takes a look at a cultural mobilization against a backdrop of contestation in Read more
